Improvement in sewing-machine guides for stitching hat-tips to the side linings



. H. E. BODWELL, Jr. Sewing Machine Guide 'for, Stitching Hat Tips tothe Side Linings.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFF CE.

H. E. BODWELL, JR, OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN SEWING-MACHINE GUIDES FOR STITCHING HAT-TIPS TO THE SIDELlNlNGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 54,844, dated May 22,1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, H. E. BODWELL, Jr., of Paterson, in the county ofPassaic and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Hat-Tip Gages; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enableothers skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanyin g drawings, forming a partof this specification.

The drawings, consisting of two figures, represent a gage made accordingto my invention, and also a tip after it has been attached to thelining.

The object of this inventionis to facilitate the work of making andpreparing hat-tips and side linings. The hat-tip in this example isdesignated by the letter A, being shown covered by a shield of thinpaper of the same size, so as to protect itfrom beingsoiled. After thework is completed this paper is torn off without disturbing the looks ofthe stitch.

B designates the side lining of a hat, which is to be attached to thetip in such a way as to show a hem over the edgeof the tip.. The work iswrought by my improvement with the tip inverted-that is to say, thesurface which is to be exposed to view when it is secured in its placein a hat is down and concealed from view while the work is being done.The hem of the lining, therefore, is to be brought beneath the edge ofthe tip, in order that when the tip is taken up and turned over to Viewthe hem of the lining may appear on its exposed surface. In order toaccomplish this result and embroider or stitch the hem and attach ittothe tip by one and the same operation, I employ a hem mer, O, and agage, D, made and arranged substantially as shown in the drawings.

The gage D is a plate of metal provided a. set-screw, so that it can beadjustably fixed to the cloth bed of a sewing machine in the ordinaryway. That end thereof which is presented toward the place of the needleand feeding devices of any sewing machine to which it may be attached isprovided with a raised edge, F, which constitutes a guide for the edgeof the tip to come against as it moves along past the needle under theoperation of such feeding devices.

The hemmer O is parallel with the guide F, but is advanced a little way,so as to' be in line with the needle of the machine. The hemmer is alsosituated in advance of the needle, its shank being parallel with thegage-plate I), to which it is connected by a set-screw goin g through aslot in the part G of the shank of the hemmer, which part is at rightangles both with the gage-plate and the shank of the hemmer, being madeof the form of a right angle, as shown in the drawings. of thisprovision of a slot and set-screw to connect it to the gage the hemmer Ocan be set farther beyond the line-of the guide F.

The lining B extends from the place Where it is attached to the tipbeneath the lip H of the hemmer, under which itpasses to the hemmer,where it is turned over or doubled on its edge in the ordinary Way. Asthe tip is fed onward toward the guide F the hem of the lining is laidbeneath it, and is tacked toit by the needle at the point I. The,continued advance of the tip brings its edge constantly against theguide F and draws the lining with it, the hem of the lining being tackedto the tip at I as fast as the lining leaves the hem mer.

This device can be used in .connection with any sewing-machine to whosetable the gageplate D can be secured; but, because of the ornamentalcharacter of its stitch, I prefer to use it on the Grover & Bakermachine, or on any other machine which makes a. doublechain or otherornamental chain stitch.

WVhen the tip has been tacked to the lining all around its edge it isturned over and the lining is turned up at right angles with and abovethe tip, when they are ready to be inserted in a hat in the usualmanner.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The combinationof the hemmer G and gageplate and guide D F, constructed and arrangedsubstantially as above set forth, for the purpose of stitching, and alsoof connecting a side lining to a hat-tip at the same operation.

I Witnesses: H. E. BODWELL, JR.

M. M. LIVINGSTON, ALEX. F. ROBERTS.

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